Directory traversal vulnerability in the Notes (aka Flash Notes or instant messages) feature in tb2ftp.dll in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary locations via a destination filename with a \ (backslash) character followed by ../ (dot dot slash) sequences
Published Mar 14, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 69.47%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Notes (aka Flash Notes or instant messages) feature in tb2ftp.dll in Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to upload files to arbitrary locations via a destination filename with a \ (backslash) character followed by ../ (dot dot slash) sequences. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4220.
Affected products
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- 8.6.5
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 69.47% (0.69473) | 99.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 69.47% (0.69473) | 99.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 78.87% (0.78873) | 99.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 76.83% (0.76828) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 78.20% (0.78198) | 98.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 76.83% (0.76828) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 75.71% (0.75713) | 98.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 58.98% (0.58985) | 97.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 65.04% (0.65038) | 98.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 73.48% (0.73478) | 98.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 55.79% (0.55789) | 97.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 54.82% (0.54817) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 56.88% (0.56878) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 83.71% (0.83707) | 99.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 83.71% (0.83707) | 99.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/timbuto-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://aluigi.org/poc/timbuto.zip x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29316 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3741 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2166 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489360/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489382/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489414/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28081 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0840 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4455 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5238 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/timbuto-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://aluigi.org/poc/timbuto.zip | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29316 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3741 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2166 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489360/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489382/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489414/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28081 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0840 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4455 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5238 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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